The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-16 00:00:00

'SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL.. Wo this day publish a short but very important public document—a return moved for by Mr. Hawes of " A Copy of the Report of the Superintendent of Police in Hyde-park to the Commissioners of Police, on the Day of her Majesty's Coronation." It is remarkable, as shouting in a most unquestionable manner the good conduct of the people of this metropolis. In a multitude larger than ever was gathered together in London, there was no rioting, no offensive scenes of drunkenness, and during th day only TWENTY persons were taken into custody and cont eyed to the station. They consisted of : Pickpockets 7 Felon (only apprehended in the fair, for the act WaS committed some time before) 1 Persons charged with gambling l2 20 It is, perhaps, not overstepping the limits of trUti' to say, that two-thirds of the population of the metropolis were at one time or another in the fair. A.nd vet on Fk clay of general excitement—surrounded by every temptation to indulgence—beer-shops in abundance—not cne per son was apprehended for drunkenness or riot Where was Lord ? Did this noble example set by the working population of London awe aristocratic drunkards and brawlers into decency and decorum even on the day of her Majesty • Coronation ? It is said that before Lord John Russell took upo❑ himself the responsibility of order ing the holding of this fair he made very careful inquiries on the subject, and consulted the persons most likely to be acquainted with the present character of the metropolitan population. 4mongst those to whom his Lordship app:ied were the Commissioners of Police, who had been recently examined in the Police Committee on this very point, and whose evidence in favour of the improved and inzproving character of the people was expressed in very strong terms. On such grounds of assurance that the indulgence would not he abused, her Majesty was pleased to grant the use of Hyde-park for the fair, and it must be a source of gratification to her Majesty to find that her gra eious condescension and wish to promote the amuse ment of hundreds of thousands—we might almost say millions—of her subjects —was unattended with one single circumstance' calculated to mar the rejoicings on the happy day for England of her coronation. We find upon return ing to the report in question that whilst the truncheons of the police were quietly in their pockets, their hands and eyes were in full activity, for a hundred children were lost and found ! and the chief and most difficult business of the station was to procure rations and toys for the little urchins who, haling been separa'ed by the pressure of the crowd from their parents, were lost, but who were duly appre hended by the police as very innocent vagrants, being un able to give any account of themselves, and taken to the station-house, and committed to the charge of their parents again ! Thus terminated the police duties on the day of her Majesty's coronation, It was a proud day for Eng land and for England's Queen. We wish we could add that the celebration of the coronation throughout the island exhibited everywhere the same improvement , in 'the demeanour of the people. But the savage manner in which the lower orders of Dundee set fire to the theatre in mere mischievous sport, forms such a contrast to what took place in the metropolis, that we cannot help noticing it. We do not believe that the circumstance is to be taken as an indication of growing depravity of the lower orders in Dundee but merely that they have not kept up is refinement with the lower orders of the metropolis. No man can look into a Newsaper, Magazine, or similar pub lication of fifty years back, without being shocked with the scenes of revolting blackguardism which they record. A favourite amusement, for instance, of the mob on days when any thing was to he seen in the streets used to be to carry about with them dead cats and dogs, and to throw them into any window which they found open, or into coaches, or on well-dressed persons. But the other towns of England that day exhibited equally revolting scenes. We have a poem, with copious Notes, forming an octavo volume, called the Mobiad, describing the brutalities of the lower orders of Exeter in former times. Englishmen, who visit Scotland, are no doubt struck with the rapid pro gress of the people in industry and wealth ; but they arc not less struck with the rude behavionr of a great portion of the urban population. This is the more remarkable, as the same individuals, who in crowds appear so very ill-con ducted, when spoken to singly display more than an usual share of intelligence. In conduct, on public occasions, the lower orders of Scotland have much to learn before they can equal the same classes of the towns of England. We have no doubt, however, that civility is spreading amongst them. The time is not remote when such was the disposi tion to mischief, that the walls of bridges, milestones,gates, and everything destructible, suffered most unmercifully. Those who visit the Continent are much struck with the comparatively refined behaviour of the lower orders, both in town and country. From the rapid improvement of the metropolis, which influences so much the rest of the king dom, we may confidently anticipate the disappearance of this contrast so unfavourable to our national character. We hope the time will come when a nobleman will allow the introduction of the working classes into his grounds without danger of having his trees and shrubs injured and suffering from other descriptions of nuisances (which, to our knowledge, has been the result of some at tempts of benevolent noblemen in the north of England towards their humble neighbours.) As yet the organ of destructiveness is not confined to Scotland. But to return to the metropolis. No circumstance redounded more to the honour of the very humblest of the people than the manner in which they resented the ill-timed attempt of the Quarterly Review directed against Marshal Soult. We may add one anecdote peculiarly indicative of the anti- Quarterly feeling of the people. Marshal Soult in re turning from the Duke of Wellington's party was blocked up in Piccadilly along with many others ; and there, like many others, he might have remained till morning if Mr. John Wilson Croker's friends had been very numerous. The mob, however, recognised the old and sturdy enemy of their country in the field of battle,and with one accord de voted themselves to making a free passage for the Marshal, and which was done, and the venerable old soldier released amidst the congrrtulations and cheers of the multitude !-- Morning► Chronicle. Rumours have been afloat for some days past, that at length the harassed and scurvily treated navy of Great Britain was released from the sordid gripe which so long has tormented it, the Prime Minister being roused to a full, though tardy, sense of the disgrace to his own Government of retaining in a post so conspicuous, and in every national „point of view so important, as that of First Lord of the Admiralty, a personage incapable, when judged by his own words, of cettprehending the clearest principles on which the service ought to be conducted with reference to foreign States ; and, if judged by h's actions, no less incompe tent to regard the authority vested in him over that noble service, as anything better than a commodious instrument for meanly advancing his own selfish ends, and loading his personal connections with that rank and those emolument s due only to professional experi ence and merit. It has, we say, been rumoured for some (Lies, though we do not believe the fact, that the Seoteh First Lord of the Admiralty, whose respect for the freedom of the seas and for the law of nations stands much en a par with his attachment to the freedom election, is, under some strange impulse of honest shame on the part of Lord Ale!bourne, sent about his business, being looked upon a portion of the Ministerial concern, from which nei ther credit, profit, nor any other benefit, can henceforth be drawn—an article of the cargo whose weight gives no stability, nor its bulk arty buoyancy, to the vessel, and for which the order ought long since to have passed to " cut the lashings, and sent it overboard." Now, we but re peat the rumours in circulation. We do not believe a word of them. It is not :redible, arter all - we have seen, that Lord Melbourne should at this time of (lay be troubled with inward sisitings of any fastidious any nature. The element s of that • Mitsistry which, with open eyes, he himself constructed, the power which alone sustained it, and the form and course of action to which it was thus from its very origin predestined, forbade access of surprise, mortification, or resentmel,t, to the innl of him by whom it was put togeths r, at the most flagrant ex!.iiit•ons of in' aeacity or aorthlesmess in any of its component parts. That moral sense, to the imperfec tiers ci w hick in its author we ewe the creation of such a Cabinet, net t have been further deaenerating e ve r y d a y. The Lord Melbourne who was cap, of solectine Lord Minto, and who d d not feel himself o r the Government degraded by t! e disgustirg incidents of the Roxburgh electien, is not a man to be now provoked by a mere dis hy of aer'rnon'ous, mischievous, and dull perverseness in P • - this came quarter, on a question of international law, into the expuls'oe - from his Ministry of a cull r t whom h e h as lean. hone n lstiown to be hard - mid and incorrigible, who may indeed have first found favour in lily patron's from a persuasion that he teoulil stick at nothing. Once more, therefore, it is to us incredi ble that a person qualified like Lord Minto to perform work for w hi c h man y o th er noblornen are not qualified, should be dismissed from office by a Pi into Minister who is accustomed so to appreciate such quad fieatiens ; and as there is only one other cause to which the evil of the First Lord of the Admiralty could be ascribed—that is to say, his own voluntary dudgeon at the flat disclaimer ex pressed be Lord Melbourne of him and his new construe tiou put upon the quadrupl e treaty—we need scarcely say that it is too ridiculous to imagine for a moment the possi bility of any such consummation. We agree in this case Kith Lord Breugharn, who on being told that Lord Minto had taken buff and " resigned" is reported to have answered " No, ne, all nonsense, you may assure yourself ; that gen tleman has a d-- deal more patience' about him than nes/gat/lion." Indeed, according to appe arances, if t h ere b e one scullion in the whole kitchen less likely than another to turn up his nose at dirty pudding, administered to him by the head cook of the establishment, it is an indivi , dual whom we think it superfluous to further.— Times. That Lotd niglietb Possesses considerable talents no one has ever been inclined to dispute, but they are unfortu nately so overlaid and borne down b' a sour temper and an over-weaning, haughsy tlUncanour as to render them comparatively nselot, if not indeed mischievous. Of this indlitptitabie proof is to be found in the fact that seve re' of his former colleagues in admistration positk ely re fused to act with him any longer ; and that he has been sent into honourable exile, first to St. Petersburg, and now to Canada, as an unmanageable friend, liable to become an incensed opponent. If the secret history of the period which elapsed between Lord Durham's nomination and de parture were to be made known, we have no doubt that. it would appear to base been made up of mutual wranglings—tbat his Lordship was more than once on the eve of throwing up the appointment altogether—that at length everything that he demanded was yielded to him, but that, notwithstanding which, lie left England on no very warm terms of confidence or conciliation with his em ployers. This is made apparent by the extraordinary state of ignorance which the latter profess themselves to be in when applied to on the subject of Lord Durham's staff and arrangements. Lord Minto, it may be presumed, as First Lord of the Admiralty, ought to have known that the Chaplain was removed from the Hastings to make way for Mr. Turton ; yet Lord Melbourne knew so little about this latter personage that his being appointed as one of the Autocrat's Council he acknowledges to be a subject of equal surprise and regret. And why do we revert to this subject but to show the danger to which the best interests of the country are exposed, by the wretched timid policy of intrusting so important a mission to one whose absence from home is all that is desired, and who scarcely condescends to consult his expatriators upon any part of the line of conduct which he proposes to pursue ? We aro quite aware of the discretion which, to a certain extent, must be confided to the Governor of a distant settlement ; but before a person in Lord Durham's situation departs upon a special, and that so important a mission, it is material that there should be the most free and unrestrained intercourse and corre spondence, both before and after his departure, between him and the Government at home. Yet so little of that confidence appears to have existed in Lord Durham's case that we have him actually taking out in his suite a person unknown to and disclaimed by the Government, and whom on his arrival he immediately elevates and gazettes to the highest office, next to his own, in the colony. What, then, is to be expected from a mission which commences its ope rations under circumstances so little flattering as these ? That Lord Durham may and will succeed in tranquillizing the Canadas, in crushing both the outbursts and the em bers of rebellion, must be the wish of every man not iden tified with the small radical clique to whom mischief of every kind is everything. But this hope and confidence would be greater if they rested upon a calmer, right-judg log person than Lord Durham has ever proved himself to be, and were there not such untoward proofs that his own want of prudence and discretion is not likely to be supplied by wisdom, foresight, and confidence from home.—Morn ing Herald. We trust that although Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Copy right Bill has been dropped for this Session, the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade will proceed with his Bill on the subject of international copyright, respect ing which there are not the same objcotions, and with re gard to the advantages—national and commercial—of which no reflecting person can entertain a doubt. When stating the nature of his measure, the Right Hon. Gentle man truly observed that— " It was a matter of notoriety that the works of literary men in England were pirated at once—that no sooner were their productions sent to the press in this country, than the utmost efforts were exerted to purloin proof-sheets, for the purpose of sending them to America, France, Belgium, or Germany. Pirated editions were published in those coun tries, and transmitted forthwith to England, by which means the authors were deprived of the fair fruits of their labour— of those legitimate pecuniary rewards for which they were reasonably entitled to look." Let us add, that the works of foreign authors are pirated in an equally profuse manner in this country ; and the Government will greatly promote the interests of literature generally, by entering into a convention with foreign powers—with America, France, and Ger many, for example—whereby the writers of each of those countries shall be protected from having their rights invaded in any of the others. Such, indeed, is the inten tion of the Government. It is the home market which is rapidly closed against the author by foreign piracy. Not only, owing to the increased facility of communication with the Continent, does almost every Englishman who visits the Continent purchase copies of the cheap foreign editions, which do not benefit the author, but wholesale importa tions of those pirated copies are regularly shipped for this country, and supply half the provincial circulating libraries. What is worse is, that by the impunity which attends the system, English printers have been encouraged to publish editions of popular works on inferior paper, in the shape and appearance of the French edition ; so that there is a double reaction of mischief. The injustice of the pre sent existence of the law not only injures authors, but injuriously affects the interests of literature ge nerally. It is equally well known that a similar system of . piracy as th a t w hi c h we h ave d escr ib e d , exists with regard to the works of authors in other foreign countries, and that a work is no sooner published in France than pro o f s h ee t s are di spatc h e d to Belgium, where pir a t e d e di t i ons are i mmediately brought out, with which the English and foreign markets ;.re at once inundated ; and thus the foreign author is equally deprived of his fair and legitimate expectation of remuneration as the English. On the last occasion of subjecting this wide spread evil to Parliament, Mr. P. Thomson gave sorno curious and valuable examples of the misehievous working of the present system. The Right Hon. Gentleman said:— " He found upon inquiry that of the work of Travels in America,' by Mrs. Trollope, no less than 15,000 copies had been printed in Paris, without the slightest benefit to the author, either in their sale or in that of the copyright. He might cite instances of the same description in the works of Mr. Bulwer ; but he would turn to works of greater im portance—those of science, in reference to which this Bill was particularly necessary. There was Dr. Arnott's Ele ments of Physical Science,' a work of the greatest labour and pains, and for which everybody would admit the author was entitled to all the advantages the sale of copyright could bring him ; and yet he (Mr. P. Thompson) had been informed that there was not a village of 2,000 inhabitants in the United States in which several copies of a pirated edition were not to be found, for which the author never received one farthing, simply because there was no way of protecting the copyright. He might also instance Dr. Webster's Diction ary,' which was published in the United States, and immedi ately pirated in England, for which editions the author re ceised no remuneration whatever, although a vast number of it was sold; and ' Dr. Richardson's Dictionary,' published i n England and pirated in the United States, both works of great labour, merit, and expense, a single number costing, he be lieved, three or four guineas. Thus, in one case, the American work was sold so cheap here that it was superseded by the English edition, and in the other the English work was sold so cheap in the United States, that it was entirely super seded by the American edition. The principal cause of this evil was, that no sooner were works in the Press, than at ten pts were made through the means of bribery, sometimes to a considerable amount, to obtain copies of them from persons engaged in the printing department, for the purpose of having them pirated in another country. One of the last of Sir Walter Scott's works had actually been purlo:ited in sheets here, and published in the United States before it was pub lished in London. It was pirated and sent to France in the same way, and published there also before the London ed,tiGn appeared." • 'These startling facts ere stated on the undoubted autho rity of the official functionary, who, to his own credit, and for the advantage of literature, has brought forward this motion for sane international arrangement on the subjec•. They show that it is absolutely necer.sary, in justice to English authors, as well as those of foreign countries, that some check should be instantly put to the growing mis chiefs of the present system. We put it to the common justice and common honesty of the public, if such an inva sion of the rights of labour would be permitted in any other department of industry in which labour is exerted. The injustice of the permission hitherto is aggravated by the re flection that the labour which is thus mere:le.sly p'undered is, firstly, accompanied with greater " wear and tear" of the physical frame than any other, thereby occasioning prema ture decay ; and, secondly, is less selfish and exclusive in its benefits than any other. Other labour benefits the la bourer only, but intellectual labour, by its very nature, acts reflectively on society generally, and promotes the :ntcrests of mankind at large.—Morning Advertiser. We fear that we not yet given all the credit that is due to her Majesty's Minister:, and those over whom they ex ercise th , _ir pure and gentle influence, for the kind r3eep fon which has ben afforded to the Conservative amend ments of the List' Municipal Corporation Bill in tte Howe of Lords. It is t: ue there was a little resivance —a little coy denial of the perfect propriety of that which the Conservatives proposed ; but there was no more of that than might be deemed sufficient to nice a zest to the triumph of concord vthich succeeded. Even in stating his objections to the amendments of Lnrd Lyndhurst, the Prime Minister was so bland and complinil ntary that it s.7etned to be impo:sishle hut that "love was in the next degree " And the coy Melbaurne willing to be press'd" soon yielded up all scrup!es upon the subject, unable to re sist the force of the fascinating Lord Lyndhurst's appeal to his tender srnsibilitiei. It was true there was a div.sion— but it was more like the " division" of a melody than of a political contest, and sweet was the harmony between its result and the unusually mellifluous tor.es of next day's Ministerial papers. Now all this is very agreeable ro fr as the House of Lords is concerned, but it must occur to THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1s 3S. many persons of an inquisitive turn of mind to ask how it happens that Ministers in the House of Lords, and Minis ters in the House of Commons, should have, or appear to sUch very different views upon the very same mat ters ? In the latter House, Lord Juhn Russell proposed and carried a five-pound franchise—in the Upper House no Minister had a word to say in favour of that franchise. Lord Lansdowne himself (who generally follows the track prepared for him as steadily as a mill horse, and no doubt upon the same mental conclusions as influence that useful animal) was as ready as any Noble Lord on the Opposition benches to dismis s th e fise-pound qualification which his potential colleague, the Leader of the House of Commons, had so victoriously carried. This must to the unitiated appear rather curious, and yet the conductors of the Ministerial prints, and especially of that. remarkably vigorous And equally honest Paper, the Globe, are, no doubt, in p os s e ssi on of that which makes the seeming inconsistency quite plain and natural, for they do not appear to be at all struck with it, while they do not fail to dwell upon the inconsistency between the qualifica tion insisted upon by Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, and that carried by Lord Lyndhurst in the House of Lords. Now we do not see that there is much in this latter to give pain to the nervous system of even the most scrupulous lovers of uniformity. The difference between a qualification of 101. as assessed to the poor-rate, and a qualification of exactly the same kind, less only by the amount of rating in respect of landlords' repa irs and insurance, is certainly not a very important . one. Taking into account the general habits of that curiously careful and patriotic people, the Romanist Irish, we should say that any difference in respect of " repairs" and insurance" is rather a nominal difference than a real one. The amendment of Lord Lyndhurst, which has regsrd to these matters, no doubt meets sundry objections which were urged with an air of considerable seriousness in the House of Commons' debates ; but inasmuch as these objections were themselves sha dowy and imaginative, the modification of Sir Robert Peel's qualification, which has been prepared in order to meet them, creates little or no substantial diffe rence between the qualification which the Conservatives proposed in the House of Commons and that, which they have carried in the House of Lords. But if it were other wise, we have yet to learn either that usage or the practical efficiency of an opposition demands an exact uniformity in their proceedings. We believe, on the contrary, that both custom and the nature of opposition duties demands an adaptation of their mode of operation to the circumstances which arise before and around them. They hold no Ca binet Councils—they are not responsible to the . Sovereign and the country for an intelligible line of action by which the governed may estimate beforehand what they have to expect from their governors. They are not the managers of a great campaign working from a certain basement line of operations to predetermined points of achievement. Their warfare and the mode of conducting it must rather be suggested to them by the proceedings which th ey have to hold in check than by pre-conceived plans for the government of the country, which plans ought not to be their concern. If, therefore, an opposition does change its propositions according to the place in which, or the circum stances under which, these propositions are made, it cannot as a body be charged with inconsistency of purpose, although any individual, who at one time proposes one sort of measure and at another time another, is no doubt bound to show how he has happened to have altered his mind, or how, being still in the same mind, he consents to an altered line of proceeding. With regard to a Government, how ever, since it is responsible as a body, and since it is under stood to determine as a body what shall be the specific terms of the measures by which it prop oses t o govern, i there s certainly more reason for demandin g e i t h er str i ct uniformity or a strict account of the reasons for departing from it. It is scarcely to be supposed, considering the delay which took place between Sir R. Peel's proposition in the House of Commons and the adoption of a different course by the Government, that the Cabinet did not deliberate uyon the matter, and settle that the Government leader in the Lower House should propose a 5/. qualification. We can scarcely believe that this franchise was merely Lord J. Russell's idea of what was easiest for him under the pecu liar circumstance of the case, and that he sent the Bill up to the Lords without the sense of the whole Government having been taken upon it. Now, if the whole Government determined two or three weeks ago upon a 51. franchise, how happens it that, in the House of Lords, the gay and gracious Premier seems never to have thought of a fran chise lower than Si., and the ponderous Lord Lans downe gave the Si. from the very beginning as " un questionably too low ?" If Lord John Russell's pro position was without the consent of Government, what safety, or dignity, or uniformity, can we look for from an Administration which allows these important mat ters to be proposed in the House of Commons without previous consideration ? If it was with the consent of Government, why is it that Government—without even so much as a word of explanation on the subject—has one rule for the House of Commons and another for the House of Lords? We think that this—especially in ques tions relating to Ireland—does admit of explanation, and since that explanation is a very brief one, we must e'en do what those agreeable and profound publica tions, the Ministerial newspapers, might have saved us the trouble of doing, only that they were so occupied with describing .the " mote" of inconsistency in the eye of the Opposition that they could not notice the " beam" in the eye of their friends who affect to conduct the is of this country. The explanation then s briefly this—there is no Mr. O'Connell in the House of Lords — no O'Connell tail, at sight of which the Minister must remember his state of slavish dependence, and must propose anything, however a bsurd and contrary to his owa ideas of right, which his Romanist dictator may suggest. Mr. O'Connell having shown his power by compelling the Government in the House of Commons to propose . and carry what the Government in the House of Lords dis avows, will no doubt show his condescension by allowing the Government in the House of Commons to consent to that which the Government in the House of Lords has not been able to resist. The alternation of tyranny and con ciliation has been, and is, the favoerite Romanist system, and by bullying one day and flattering the next Mr. O'Con nell and the Irish Priests have become what they arc. When we have an honest Government which will equally despise both, the wings of these gentry will be clipped.— Morning, Post. SHAKSPEARE. (FRost A CORRESPONDENT.) A novelty, we understand, is shortly to be forthcoming at the English Opera House, which is likely to create a great sensation. This novelty is neither more nor less than a dramatic sketch, which is said to be written by a direct de acendant of Shakspeare. The period of this drama is in the reign of Elizabeth. The immortal bard is introduced, and the author of the sketch, whose name is stated to be William Shakspeare, is to personate the character of his great ancestor. We understand that only a few days ago Mr . Shakspea re a dd resse d a letter to Mr. Pcake, the manager of the English Opera House, stating the fact of his having written the drama in question, and expressing his desire to perform the principal part himself. The wattle alone had charm sufficient to induce Mr. P. to wait upon the stranger, to hear him read his drama, and the result is that the public will shortly have an opportunity of forming an opinion of its merits and of the author, as an actor. Mr. Shak speare's person is said to be good, and his voice melodious —the form of the brow, and the general features, arc also said to bear a strong resemblance to the various busts of his illus trious ancestor. The following hat been handed to us as a detail of the circumstances, out of which arose the introduction of Mr. Shakspcare to the London stage. The narrative pos sesses some interest, and we publish it as it has been commu nicated to us :—" A member of the Shakspearo family has been recently discovered in Warwickshire. It appears that this young man had been brought up to the business of a wool staid. r, but, urged by a bent, which perhaps his very name inspired, he forsook his trade, and, turning actor, joined an itinerant company. An Irish barrister paying a visit in that quarter, happened to cast his eye on a board affixed to a small house, on which was inscribed William Shakspeare, wool stapler. This barrister being an enthusiastic ad mirer of the ' immortal bard,' was struck by the name, and cculd not resist knocking at the door of the h o use, and inquiring if he could see William Shakspeare. An old woman rather angrily replied to his summons that William Shakspeare had been absent from his home for a week, but that she had heard that he had been fool enough to join the player folks.' This information produced a strong excitement in the mind of the barrister, and he determined to seek this same Shakspcare. Ile had no further to journey than to the next town, and, In, in a barn in tha outskirts, he discovered a theatre rural ; Richard the Third was the play, and, of corns, Richard was enacted by the manager, but in the w rift:at play-hill the characters of Tressel, Buckingham, and the E arl of Richmond, were to be performed by a Mr. Slia , pcare. The barrister aai speedily seated in the barn. and was greatly struck by the modest pro pritty with which the text was delivered by the y oung actor; he was inure astonished at the resemblance of the features to the busts and acknowledged portraits of th e great port, and he could not resist asking the actor to hi s inn, to sup with him. After eupper, encouraged by the kindness of the barrister, the actor ruodeAtly hinted that he had attempted also to become an author, and at the strong en. treats' of his new pstron, Shakspeare read various little son nuts, and several sketches of dramas ; all very crud e , b ut in the opi n i o n o f hi s critic the germ of genius was app arent. Theiuterest of the barrister was now excited to the utmost t e r t e o t r , } a t n ; and appearance he in determined L ond Cordon ; endeavour thi s matter to has bee n new). get the y oung a crated, and we understand that this descendant of the poet of all time' will shortly make his debut at one of our popular summer theatres, and in a dramatic sketch of his own com position. IC this young person can prove his lineage —if he should possess talent—this will bid fair to become the greatest theatrical hit -of modern days ; but, there is much virtue in an ii:"--aforning firs aid of last week. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Julx 14. (Continued fr - orn our First Edition of Saturday ) IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL. Mr. HUME was 01 epinion that some portion of pav should be allotted to creditors where officers forgot to perform their engagements. It was true, that in some cases it might press hard on the officer, but then the tradesman ought also to be protected. Sir E. CODRINGTON observed, that it was on the ground of pro. tection to the public service that he had put the case. Sir HENRY HA RDINGE said if a military officer incurred a debt for necessary equipments the Comrnander.in.Chief would compel that officer to pay for them, He agreed with the Gallant Admiral opposite (Sir E. Codrington) that it was necessary to protect the persons of officers —akar, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that as far as his recollection served him, what the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer near him had stated was the prac fiee with respect to the army seas the practice with respect to the navy. Even on fall pay the Admiralty would take measures to secure the pay ment by the naval officers of their honorary debts. Admiral A DA M made a similar statement. Sir E CODIIINGTON said the Army Office never interfered with the private debts of its officers. But at the Admiralty, on the mere ipsc dixit of some underworkiog individuals, officers, without even being confronted with their accusers, had been scratched off the Navy List. This was a system which he (Sir Edward Codrington) had long been endeavouring to destroy, and he had given a notice to bring the subject forward. Admiral ADAM thought this was not the proper time to introduce the question. On the fitting occasion he would be quite ready to discuss it. Sir E. CODRINGTON said when he had brought the subject for ward before, no one connected with the Admiralty was present. The Clause was then agreed to. Clauses 5,6, 7, were also agreed to. On Clause 8, Mr. HUME said he could not see why there was any necessity for calling in an attorney. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this provision which had been introduced by the other House of Parliament was necessary to carry out the provisions of the Bill. Mr. HUME waived his objection, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 0 and 10 were agreed to. On clause 11 being proposed, Mr. HUME said he thought there was great vagueness in it, which would lead Sheriffs' officers to execute warrants as they pleased. Only a few days ago a man had died in consequence of the manner in which a warrant hart been executed. That was what he must call a legal murder.--(A laugh.) After a few words from the ATTORNEY.GENER AL, The clause was agreed to. Clauses 12 to 21 inclusive were agreed to after a few verbal alterations. On clause 22 being read, Mr. HUSIE said the clause now before the House chewed the total inadequacy of the Bill. They imprisoned a mats to get possession of his property, and they now sought to maintain a Court to get possession of property which the debtor had not. Imprisonment for debt merely should never take place in a free country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Hon. Member would offer no factious opposition to the passing of the Bill. The clause, as well as the otter clauses up to 32, were then agreed to, without observation. Clauses up to 84 were then agreed to. On clause fis being read, Mr. SHEPHERD moved an amendment to the effect that the judg ment should not be in force for more than three years after the discharge of the debtor. Mr. WARBURTON hoped the Hon. Member would allow the Bill to go forth with all its imperfections, and let the responsibilities rest with the other House, which had passed, and the Government which had sanctioned, it. He was satisfied that the law of debtor and creditor would not be allowed to remain in the state its which the present Bill would place it, and that some efficient change would, ere that period, take place. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL would not consent to the amendment of the Hon. Member. He hoped the Bill would be allowed to pass in its present form. Mr: - D. W. HARVEY, if he rightly understood the observations of the Attorney-General, presumed that they had little to do in the way of Miberating upon the various clauses of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Mouse of Lords had sent the Bill down to them to accept it or not, but with an intimation that they would consent to no alterations. If that House did not like the Bill, as it stood, " they might lump it."--(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was not inclined to look so unfavourably at the Bill as the Honourable Member fur Bridport ; and it appeared to him that the Bill was susceptible of much improvement. There were two or three manifest advantages gained by the Bill, and therefore he would rather see the Bill passed in its present objectionable shape than rejected altogether. Mr. EgTCOURT hoped the Right Hon. the Attorney-General would consider the amendment of the Hon. Member, which he cordially supported. He thoUght the Bill was one which ought not to be hastily abandoned ; at the same time he trusted that the House would never waive its constitutional right of amendment in any measure sent down from the other House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied that the Bill had not come down in the most constitutional shape, giving to the Members of that House every tight they think proper to exercise in the way of amendment. Mr. HUME objected to a judgment being allowed to hang over an in solvent, which would prevent his ever being able to re-establish himself in business. Mr. A. YATES hoped the I-lon. Member would withdraw his amend. ment. It would be better to take the Bill for the good it would certainly do, than reject it altogether. Mr. FRESHFIELD objected to the amendment. It would effect an alteration in the existing law, because in the Insolvent Debtors' Court there were at the present moment between 100,000 and 200,000 judg ments which were liable to be enforced at any time. If there was any one provision of the Bill which was more worthy of the support of that House than another, it was the clause which it was now attempted to alter. The amendment was then by leave withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and The House resumed. LOAN SOCIETIES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, with some verbal amendments. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. The Dublin Police Bill was read a third time and passed on the mo tion of Lord Morpeth. The Revenue Department Securities Bill went through Committee. The County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee. INSANE PERSONS (ENGLAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord ASHLEY this Bill went through Committee. COUNTY OF CLARE ADVANCES BILL. The Report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up. The Report on the Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill was pre.. sented. The House then adjourned. TA LLETRAND.—The following anecdotes are from a little literary and political autobiography by M. Heiberg, a Dane, who was for twenty years an attache to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in France. In speaking of the zeal necessary in the service of the bureaux, Prince Talleyrand humorously and wittily said, " I think zeal and activity in the public service should exist in the reverse ratio with the importance of the places occupied. Thus it is highly proper for me as the Minister to possess little zeal; you, M. Roux, chef de division, must have a little more than I ; you, M. Challaye, in your capacity of copyist, you have need of a great deal of zeal and activity; and as to a Larson de bureau, he never can have enough." M. Heiberg entering one evening the apartment of the Minister, expecting to find him quite alone, was surprised to see him seated at his writing table, and near him M. Labesnardiere, his Secretary and confidant. lie was about to re. tire, but the Minister bade him stay. The surprise of M. Heiberg was still greater, when he heard M. Labesnardicre dictating and Talley_ rand writing to the dictation of his secretary. The fact was, the Prince was obliged every second or third day to make a report to the Emperor in his own hand writing, and in order to save himself the trouble of collecting the necessary information, he found it shorter and less trouble some to have the report dictated to him by his confidential secretary. On one occasion, when Talleyrand was in vain seeking one of his secre taries, M. Heiberg volunteered his services. The Minister accepted his offer, and told him to take a magnificent sheet of paper and write a letter for him to the Empress Josephine. While he was preparing to write, Talleyrand went to his writing table and began to examine his papers; after a short interval he said, " Well l is the letter finished ?" " Your Excellency has not told me what to write." " Simple man!" re plied the Prince; " in writing to a lady one always commences with speaking of her wit, beauty, and grace—the rest is for the postscript." THE Nuw MARRIAGE ACT.—The proportion of marriages entered into at the offices of Superintendent Registrars is only one in 125, or eight in 1,000. In the great manufacturing towns of Sheffield dnd Leeds not one such marriage has taken place ; but in two rural districts, Stoke Damerel and Tendrlng, 19 have been entered into. Not being acquainted with the moral or social state of these districts, we arc unable to recount for this striking disproportion. It happens that, while the registered places of worship are far apart, the offices of the Superintendent Registrars are situated in convenient territorial di •isions ; and yet civil contract marriages have token place in only 190 out of above 600 districts. It is not desirable, perhaps, that this description of marriages should increase. It does not, however, follow, that the parties whose union is not sanctioned by any religious ceremony will on that account be likely to perform the duties which they undertake in a looser manner than those who resort to the altar of the Established Church, or to the non-conformist form. Marriage is purely a civil contract in Scotland, and yet we apprehend its obligations are regarded as binding and sacred, and are fulfilled with as much fide. lity as in England. It is more sat isfactor y, we should conceive, that out of every 1,000 marriages there should be the insignificant proportion of C in which the contract is simply a civil obligation, than that the clergy should be called on to listen, at the foot of the a:tar, to protests by parties who have submitted, on compulsion to a religious ceremony, for the forms .f which they entertain no respect. —Doncaster Gazette. ac:cfinolioi.:::,:::;a:oriiiinutnjtaclga,,,,l,.,,tedta:i s n 1 t at i . n Friday afternoon a most respectable jury was em pannellei before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Bull Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to investigate the circumstances attending the death of an East India indigo merchant, named Brandt, residing at No. 3, St. Nelms's-place, Bishopagate . From the evidence produced, it ap peared that the unfortunate gentleman was 32 years of age, and had been married about 15 months to a lady of great personal attractions about twelve years his junior. A short time since deceased and his lady left the metropolis for a tour through Scotland, from which diet On the day following the deceased called at by a steam -pat, • he arrived in London, accompanied by her, on 'Wednesday last, an order for a chest of medicine, which he stated was to go ‘a.ilTrioga'creand which, among ether things, contained a pint of prussic the house of Mr. Beale, a surgeon, residing in Bishopsgate, acid. It was ordered to be sent to his residence packed up with tow, which was accordingly done. A short period after gaining possession of the chest he conveyed it to his counting house, and demolished it with a hatchet, and then took a great quantity of prussic acid. Shortly after he had perpetrated this horrid act he was discovered prostrate on the state. Medical assistance was called in, but before any you be not i:liffg:rde.d, the vital spark had fled. On examination of the s -el tAned that two-thirds of the contents of the phial prussic acid was gone. Thus the unfortunate gentleman s'ite't:then sufficient to kill fifty or sixty people. The Jury, after temper o b S e ti a l v k o i id n e e d " b ' y a l l i l means . A sulky rAtartied a verdict of "' Temporary Insanity." 1 s r • • matt is bail enough ; what, then, must be a sulky woman, end that woman a wife: a constant inniate, a companion day and night: only think of the delight of sitting at the same table and sleeping in the same bed, for a weck, and not exchange a word all the while' Very bad to be se ()Mktg fi r such a length of time; but this is far better than sulks. jr you h a ve your eyes and look sharp you will discover symptoms of this boiletitie'tq'Adto:riitt:oeht'is:l)Put(i'tieieltelYtrif'lli'teaxl the ' famil y tt i f ., n a t'sitssi'Si,lila°3,:;ttello'sAlpri respect, , c p a t e:r h:a:tis e i. , i towardsatgi'tilri y o n o t o l u l t e r r s n e ' i ! e f::;: ft ' a vt uit you t' may a'd her- Sulki ness arises from capricious displeasure,displeasure not founded in reason. The party takes offence unjustifiably; as unable to frame a complaint, and therefore expresses displeasure by silence. The remedy for sulki ness is to suffer it to take its full swing; but it is better not to have the disease in your house; and to be married to it little short of madness.—Cobbett. A NGLING.—A cuccums!ance which has not oc curred in the memory' of the 01.:ect angler who frequents the banks of the river Don, took Id:ice on Friday the 29th ult. Mr. John Armitage, of the steam mill, Doncaster, caught a roach of the extraordinary weight of stb. 2oz. The appearance of such a fish has astonished all who have been favoured with a sight of it.—Doncasfer Gazette, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS; ! AssutzANcE comPAAIKs,;&e. & c . &c. LONDON, Pal is/A Y, JULY 13 Number M.:Wend Pete of p er CANAL S. • pa Shares. Annum. e4id• Share 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971.1*. sh. 135 1.082 41. Afi,hy. .;(._ l .c-Zouch .........Avcragell.sii. 65 1,2 M Basingstoke lOO/.c h. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock sett Abergav only 150,. sl. 100 2,000 1-16 sh. 91 (is. Birmingham, 1-16th strati? ..... -Si/. & 711. 2.10 110) llittO and I.,:verpool J inlet... , ' - 9/. sh. 100 pd 241 6110 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton -.RV. sh. all rd 64 400 41 Cheliner and Illachwater 1(03. oh, 102 500 iel c wentry '.O/.311. 715 4,515 Croydon ,. I. sh. 3 2,060: 4/. Os. Dudley lOO/.5h. .83 6111 110. Derby .. 100/. sh. 133 29,0400 4 per cent, ihmune and 51,yne 3,575: 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 77 231 461. Erowash 1 001.0 n. 700 1,237 281. Forth and Clyde Average 440.1.:C5. eh. 5601 11,5040) 121. Grand Junetic.r. , l+ol sh. 202 2,M01 11. Grand Ihrion 1011/.oh 25 1.50(1 Grand Surrey 120,000/. 41. per cent. Dltro (el,tional) Loan 110/ 70 3 '196 Grand Western 690 131. 12s. id. G'ena rrtarlihi.re, Average cost 1721. MP. 11, 230 749 10t. Grantham 150/. oh. 202 6,238 21. Os. liividers6c id Average .57/. Ils. 6cl. sh. 37 100 Kensington IC' oh all pd. 10 2 c_W; 11. ss. Kennet ;nd Avon, Average 39/. 185.109. oh. 25 2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 61e: 5151 131. Leicester l4O/. oh. 920 1,897 6/. Os. Leicester an) Northampton... Aver c3l. 10s. 95 2.400 10/. !Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowhray 1001. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irweli lOO/. sh. 565 3.01)0 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neath 2,400 5/. Peak Forest A vth.ge about 781. oh. 04 1,418 Its. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 161.8 d. oh, 15: 5,6(19 61. per cent. i:ochdale Average 8.51, oh. I 1 500 81. Shropshire 1251. oh. 138 800 91. 10s. Semerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511 3,600/. 41 par cent Ditto I ock Fund Stock l2/. IN. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 300 9/. Stnurbridge 3.647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tot sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 100/. oh. .250 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 3.5/. oh. 35 1,600/ea. 521. 10a. Trent and (Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 580 8.1 19 Thames :,n.I Medway... Aver. 191. Ss. 20. sh. 2 1,000:h•I 161. Warwick a.sd Birmingham I 00/. sh 281 1,000,107. 060 lat. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 200 6,000 41.0 x. ANJrcest , r and Birmingham... Av. 764.85. sh. 79) 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 800 31. V. , 5 :ley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach . 105/. sh. 4a 110.1 It. %Vey and Arm, llO/. sh. 221 D Or.',K S. MOO& I 1,06: , 01 , s 3 p. sCommercial . .001. sh. 56 498,66711. 6 per et. Fast India Stock 114 3,2 , ,,9,31011. 555. p.c t. London i stock 61: Ditto Bonds llll 1,350,000/. 4il. p. ct. West India stock 1041 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Otock 103 5011,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO2 91..,.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOOl 2.500 ...... Deptford Pie, '2Ol. s.h. 201. pd 11 BI(N)GES. 1,1500 ICs. Hammersm tl• 5Ol. sh. 22; 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. lbs. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 171 10,000!. 5/. per cent. Ditto Itouds llB 5,848 17s Vauxhall Avttrage 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 ASSURANCE COSIPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 89 5 0 ,000 S 5 p a per cent./ Alliance, & Foreign 1001. sh. 10f/. pd 11 , 1_ a n d 15s. • 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marius 100/. sh. Si. pd 61 24,000 11. per sh. Atl•ir 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 141 1,200 }sh. Si. Birmingham fire • , 501. sh. 55/. pd 1074 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50!. pd 40 12,000 11. per cent. ftritill) Commercial 504 sh. 5/. pd 5; 5,000 St. per cent. Clerical, Medi, al, &c. Life, ICOLsh. 2/10s lid 4 4,000 2/ les County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 404 20,000 ss. Eagle s 5 per cent./ Zany 3N bs. j Economic !Ale lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 /225. per cent. European Lit. , pOl. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 11 1,000,008/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1434 20,000 51* Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 35 40,000 Rs. Rd. Hope 2,400 51. 73. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 01 13,455 V. per cent. Indemnity ➢l:arine 100/. sh. 8/. pd 23 2,020 3/ 10s Keat Fire 501. A. all lid 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,100 163; L a w Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 25; 5.00 u 10s. London, Fir:: 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 10 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25i. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 hi. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 2/. pd 218 s Od 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 21. pd 17 , 0 d 2.500 IL Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 1 0/. sh. 11. pd 6,1 649,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 225; 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. Si. pd 5+ 50,000 4 per cent. United tiingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7; .. . ..... JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. A gric. and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 66 16,,00 10 per cent. Bank of Bit iningham SCI. sh. 10/. pal 13 .0,000 le per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 164 0,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 221 , 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. tO/. pd No 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 231 100,000 74 per cent Manchester and Liverpool] 501. sh. 151 pd 20 District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. sh. 25/. ix 4 421 f 0,( GO National Bank of Ireland s ol. sh 17-1/. rod 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. DM sh. 35/. pd 351 10,000 Gloucestershire SOL sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115; 64 Bath --- . 20/. sh. lel. pd 24 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 211 5,000 r5/.percenti Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 111 d 221 Land Bs. ss. 92 8 5110 s Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 93 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 36 1,500 31 10s Brighton 2O/.5h. it f 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 4 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 621/. pd 60 1,000 10/. City of London .................1001. sh. all pd 193 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 5O/. pd 501 10,000 21 percent. Imperial SOO 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd '2O 2,350 6/. per cont. Independent 3Ol. sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pil 211 1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 1001. sh. 80/. pd 58 4,000 South l',l.2tropolitan 59/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 29: 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield '2s/. sh. 221 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New SGO Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 1,800 Ds. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/ pd 2.11 8,434 61. East London lOO/ sh. I( 0 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 I3s. 44. sh. 54 2,000 2/. Kent 100/ sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 31.6 1,501) 21 lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities :,91 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford -100/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South Loudon 1001. sh. 87 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 94. sh. 941 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. ( 1 ,300 Birmingham and Derby 4 o'. Pd 31 9,590 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,000 ... ..... Bristol and Exeter 101)1. sh. 15 pd F.l 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd P 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 100 /. 5h.0121/. 7i 3,000 .. ..... Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 40 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 2.1 tat t I 60,000 Eastern Cou Hie , 251. h. 714 pd 51 ,rand Junction tdni. tilt. vac. pl 181 Great North of England l3/. pd 91 5,000 Great Western llia sh. 65/. pd 77 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd 100 8,000 Hull and .4clhy 501. sh. 15/. pd 9 10,009 Leeds and Manchester ... lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 31. per cent. Leah; and 5e1by,....... 100 sh. f 5 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 751 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lot /.511. 1001.0 11)5 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares )251. pd 61 30,000 .. ...... London and Brighton sp/. sh. 11/. pd t f 12,000 London and Blackwall . . 50/. sh 31 pd 41 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 'O/. sh. VOL pd 141 25,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham lOO/. sh. 1104 pd 174 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 2"1 .0,r300 London and Southampton ....50/. Ms. 501. pi 42 Ditto ditto Now RV. pd 251 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 2C/, sh. 2.01. pd lit 6,c00 Ditto New Scrip 2l. 10s.• pit 41 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd Og. 13,000 Manchester and Leeds lOW. sh. 50/. pd 47 1 1,01.10 M..nchester and liLmingham...7o/.sh. 71. pd 51 North Midland 1001. sh. 251 pd 39 Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. lg. pd 5 2,000 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3'l. pd 36 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 1,1411 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOC/. sit. 240 0,000 Thaaies !Liven 50/. sh V. IN. pd 1: 1,41(1 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/, pd 11 MINES. Albion Co; 8,000 sh. 3JI. pd 12 4,000 I/. ss. Alton sh 2I lOs pd 12 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Alexiczn, iss. 51. pin 100/. sh. all pd :11 Ditto Subscription 95/. pn 4 2,000 PI. lioLnos l5O/. sh all pd 70 10,000 11. 105 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm. )5. oh. Di/ lot 22 11,010 11,1100 DIU@ St. John Del Bey 9 0/. sh. 111. : pd GI 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company VW, oh :VV. pd 5 10,000 Dit:,. Scrip.... lO4 sh. 101.. pd 3 20,001 British Iron .... , 11. oh. 5 , .1 ptl 10 (1,000 British Collier 5l. oh. 44/. pit A Cata Blanca 1 ;1/. IA 8i Candonp 10,000 it Ccpiapo 2Ol. oh 121/ pd 14 , 8,500 ... Columbian, as. 3/. pm. 2,850 3/. English l2l Its. pd 12i 20,000 General Muiti.g Association...2o/. oh. IQ p i t 9 6,155 Mexican Company 101./. sh. 551.1. ;',l 5 3,000 Collier°. console . lll sh W. pd 4: 11,500 Real del \topic, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pc' 160 10,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pin ...„401. sh. all pd , A flit i. Scrip ni Ditto Ncw ;Scr ip 5/ put 35 West cork 50/. oh. 501. pd 38 LITERA la I NSTITUTIONS. .., 1,000 London, with Bronze Tici.ei 75p. sh. 2 i 1,300 Lond ,, n University 700 King' College 1004 pd to MISCELLANEOUS. , . _....._______.....----. 10,000 Iss. Australian Agricultural...J(lQ sh 2111 pd .'5 6,000 41. per cent. British Amerman Land Company ... 2: . :1. pd 12 I 1 1,( 1 00 el. per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh. •1231. pd $O4 200,0t 1 0 51, per cent. Upper Cana .:a Loan up City Bonds, 4 per cent I. OI 20,000 1/. (is. General Steam Navigation ...lb/. v h. C)1. pd 22 Int. per cent. Hudson's Hay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 1 4,0111 Caoutchotic Company ..'251. 0... ini. „, , 500100/ New Brunswick Lind Compa,y ...... 431 pd lo 2,751 W. per cent. Iterersionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 10c!1. pd !:33 2, 0 33 5/. per cent. Ditto New 10 , /. Ah. 7 1, 1. pi 11:1 4,4Nm1 1 flame.; Tonkel 5)/. sh. all pd 6 10,000 (is. Van the ner.'s Land , 1005. sh. 171. pd II j LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JULY 2, 1838. B A N KS. Lroo,rom. fil. p. et. ran': of , eotland 9 .3/. (is 8.1 sh. all pd B 3 . 2,0000111 i: 54 p. et. Royal of Scotland 10111. sh, all pd 1. 4/, 500,0X'1. Et p. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. :.II p.l 240' 3,600,0001. 6/. p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001 pd 1 04 5,J00,0(0. ;) ta. cc Ninional lOO4 sh. 101. p.l I rii 1. 2,000,000/. 6!. p. ct. Glasgow •Uni on 251/. sh. MP/. pd B.l'. 4,000,00/. 4 p. et. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd t6l. INSURANCE COMPANIES .000 sh t n. ct. Scottish Union 9 0/. sh. 1/. pd 127 s - ,50:1 61 p. ct. Hercules IOO/. sh. IW. pd 131 15.4 lIIC,OOO sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. aii pd 8! Iss, 50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 8/ 1 _ _ • 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire lOU sh. 101. pd 1910. 5,000 f p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. IA 14110 s 100,000 3} p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 Cs MISCELLANEOUS 4810 ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canal 50/. sh. all pd Ditto Allocated 9fll. sh. all pd (151. . . 5,400 5 per cent. nlinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd :1131. Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 441. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery 50/. sh 35?. pd 514 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....201. sh. 16/. pd Si. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pi (ill 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. ail pd 131/ '750 7g per cent. Leith Coal Gas 9 0/. sh. all pd 4 51. 1.210 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rai'way...sol. sh 201. ,3,000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company - 1.5 i. sh. 91. pd 101. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (Prom the Iltr"pslti.-e Trlegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 1-i —The Athcll tr,op-Atip in this )Ir.rbour has taken on board aLres, provisions, and arms for the tjejth t'ottst of Spain. She will proceed the moment ahe h as sl,i,pod stand of arnt,, hourly expected from the River in the Lirrlitning steam-vessei. The Talaver L a, 74, Captain Mends, left St. John's, New Brunswick, for the Mediterranean, on the I.2th of June. She had landed four companies of the 11th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop, at that place. The Madagascar, 46, Captain Wallis, with part of the 73 Regiment, arrived at Quebec on the 14th of June. The Scout and Pelican sloops of war were at St. Helena on the 15th of May. The [Arne, Wellesley, and RattlesuAke, tailed for Madras on the 231 of April ; and the Hyacinth, for Penang, on the 28th of April. Lieutenant Parker and aparty of thirty-four Marines, have volunteered from the Pique frigate for service in the Caul (Han lakes. The Gorgon steam-frigate is hourly expected here with Capt. Robinson and a party of Marines for the Hastings, The Edinburgh, 74, C.pt. Henderson, is ordered to pro ceed to Malta, to relieve the Rodney, 98. The Hastings, 74, Capt. Loch, came into Harbour on Tuesday, and on the following day was taken into dock ; she went out of dock, however, to-day, some trifling defect in her copper being merely 'required to be made good. Earl Howe and Captain Curzon will arrive here on Tuesday or Wednesday, to make some arrangements as to the fittings of this ship for the reception of the Queen Dowager, vihom the Hastings will convey to Malta, about the latter cni of September. The Stakesby transport, which carried out the horses of the Earl of Durham, &c., to Quebec, arrived on Monday. She sailed for Chatham on Wednesday, on which day the Eliza beth transport, Lieut. Vickery, agent, arrived also from Que bec. The Sovereign transport arrived today from the Downs, to embark 36 convicts for Bermuda. The True Briton, from London to Madras and Bengal, and the Nicotine, from Hamburg to St. Übes, came in contact, on Sunday morning, at the back of the Isle of Wight, and both were, in consequence, obliged to put into this pot with con siderable damage, on the following day. Admiral Sir Philip Durham returned this evening from a long leave of absence and resumed the command at this port. It is understood he has succeeded in inducing the whole Df the distinguished foreign Ambassadors, &c., who came to this country in honour of the Coronation (including the Duke of Dalmatia), to pay a visit to this port in a few days. The following Captains of the navy have been placed on the list of retired Rear- Admirals :—John Surman Carden, J. Wentworth Holland, John Impcy, Henry Munston Om maney, Archibald Duff, Hon. M. J. Henniker; and as Sir Jah!eel Brenton, Bart., retains his situation of Lieutenant- Governor of Greenwich Hospital, he forgoes his promotion to the rank of Vice- Admiral, and will continue at the head of the Rear- Admiral's list. APPOINTMENV.—Captain Joseph N. Taylor, C. 13., to the San Joseph, vice Hancock, promoted to his flag ; Lieutenant John Slaughter to command the Lion (revenue cutter), vice M. B. Jones, appointed to the Victoria ; Lieut. Bevan (at present in the Pembroke), and Messrs, \V. T. Jamieson, and H. Credwell, Mates, to the Royal George yacht; Lieutenant Estcourt, to the Excellent; Lieutenant Charles F. Schom berg, to the Hastingz ; Lieutenant R. A. Bradshaw, to the Asia, vice Stroad, p ro m o t e d ; L. J. Sankey, from the Herald to the Inconstant; Mr. W. Martin, Assistant-Surgeon. to the Hastings, vice Stratton, left behind on the Lakes ' - Mr. W. B. Basden, Purser, to the Ocean ; Mr. S. Grey, Volunteer, first class, to the Herald; Mr. E. Hempstead, Mate, to the Excellent; Mr. Courtcnay, Mate, to the Edinburgh ; Mr. Day, Assistant Cletk, to the Ocean; Mr. Thomas Gilbert, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Hastings; Mr. Roberts, Master's Assistant of the Seaflovver, to be additional Master's Assistant in charge of stores to the Royal Sovereign yacht, at Pembroke, for the service of the Monkey, Post-office steam-packet ; Doctor Henry H. Turnbull, John M'Leod, and William W. Barnes, Assistant- Surgeons, to the Britannia ; Mr. limy Baker, Assistant-Surgeon, to Greenwich Hospital. Lieut. White, of the Royal Marines, taken prisoner some time since by the Carlists, has been released by exchange. ( From the .7levonport Independent.) . . DEVONPORT, JULY 14.—The Minden, 74, Captain Sharp, sailed on Monday for Lisbon, and from thence to Gibraltar, to take her lower desk guns on board, and will proceed to Malta to join the fleet. The picket Penguin, was taken into dock on Tuesday, to have her copper cleaned and examined, previous to being put in commission. The Steamer, Messenger, Mr. J. King, master, arrived •n Saturday, from Cork, with the depot of the 15th regiment, they were disembarked the same day, and marched into George's-square barracks. She sailed again on Wednesday, for the Core of Cork. The Camel, lighter, sailed on Thursday, with stores for Pembroke. The steam-vessel Volcano, arrived on Wednesday from Woolwich, and came into harbour to take a supply of coals. She sailed on Thursday for the Mediterranean. The Nightingale, Lieut. Fortescue, arrived on Thursday from Falmouth. The Rover, 16, Corn. Eden, was warped alongside the sheerhulk to have her masts taken out. She will be paid off on Monday. The Ja;eur, 16, Corn. Boultbee, and Savage, 10, Lieut.- Coro. H. J. Lacon, v6ll go out of Harbour this day. In Hamoaze.—Royal Adelaide, San Josef, Rover, Jaseur, and Savage. In the Sound.—Jupiter, Weazle, and Nightingale. Mr. S. Trickey, of the Storekeeper's Office in this D.lek yard, is appointed to the Dock-yard at Woolwich. The Stag, 46, Commodore &divan, was at Rio de Janeiro, April 14. The Vestal 26, Capt. T. W. Carter, arrived at Halifax, from Jamaica, June 11. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following interesting New Works :-1. The Life and Correspondence of Dr. Jenner, by Dr. Baron, now first published complete, in 2yols. Bvo., with Portrait, 245.-2. The American in Paris, 2 vols., 18s.-3 The Veteran; or, 40 Years in the British Service, by Captain John llarley, late Paymaster of the 49th Regiment, 2 vols., 215.--4. Travels in the Western Caucasus, &c., in 1836, by Edmund Spencer, Esq., author of " Travels in Circassia," &c , 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrations, bbund, 285.-5. The Rase Fancier's Manual, comprising an Account of the Cultu n Propagation of Roses, &c., by Mrs. Gore, 1 vol. bound, 10 d.-6. The PeOestrian's Guide through North Wales, by G. J. Betinett, Esq., 1 vol. Bvo „ with 20 etchings, by A. Clint, bound, 18s Second Series of Random Brcolle,iions of the Lords and Co , ons,b y the author of" The Bench and the Bar," 2 vols., 21s.— . A all and cheaper Edition of " The Bench and the Bar," 2 vols. 18a-9. A Visit to China in 1836-7, by - C. T. Downing, Esq , M.R.C.S , 3 vols., wi h illustrations, bound, 31s. 6d.-10. Recollec• ions of Caulincourt, Duke of Vicenza, 2 vols. IBs.- 11. Queen Elizabeth and her Times, a Series of Original Letters, dedi cated by permission to the Queen, '2 vols., with Portraits, 325. The same Pulii:ber has also just issued " The Glanville Family," a novel, by a I a 'y of Rank, 3 vols. . . MR. HOGA RTH'S " MEMOIRS OF THE MUM car. DRAMA," &c.—We are requested to state that the new work en titled " Memoirs of the Musical Drama," by George Ilo,garth, Esq . author of " The History of Music," &c. (in 2 vols. Bvo ,with - numerous Portraits), is publithel this day by Mr. Bentley, New - Burlington.strect, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majcsfy ; who has also just published, a Seccnd Series of " The Clockmaker ; lir aiings and Doings of Sam Agents: — For Slick, of Slickvill e, " ( one vol. post 8v Agentsi—For Scotland, Messrs. Bel e and Bradft.t., Edinburgh ; for Ir and, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. S Orders received by all bo, ki(ll.rs. SUBMARINE VOLCANO.—On the 25th of Jast Novembrr the captain and passengers of the brig Cesar, from Havre, on passing the bank of the Bahama saw an enormous fire, which In creased WI it had tinged the whole of the sky and part of the horizon,. It was kl.t in sight for four hours, and could only be accounted far as proceeding from a submarine volcano. On the 3d of January the cap tain of the Sylphidc, al.o from Havre, being on the same spot, found the sea disturbed acd whitish in colour, which he attributed to the same caus-. To these notices, conveyed to the French Academy of Sciences, M. Alor,au de Jcannes adds, that on the 30th of the same December, an earthquake took place at Martinique. The shock was violent, astd the heat very great, --... P A TEN 1' LEV.E It W A'l' 1: S. With silver double-bottom cases £6 6 (P With silver hunting cases 6 16 This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which a watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improvements, i. c. the detached escapement, jet - clled la four hole., c upped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enaniel dial, and maint.aininZ power to continue going while winding-up,„ at. the above price, by T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Coruhill, London, (Seven doors from Gracechurch-strect.) N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Okendean, Sussex, the lady of M. Pringle, E,q., of a ton. At. Brussels, on the 6th inst., the lady of Isaac Levi, Esq., of a daughter. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the Bth inst., the lady of T. G. Vibart, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Ser !ice, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at the Grove, Blackcath, Mrs. Rickards, of s daughter. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at . St. Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington. Robe, t John, third son of Mr. 'I homas Rarenscroft, of Warwick street, Charing-cross, to Louisa, only daughter of J. H. Mann, Esq., of Edward's square. Kensington. On the 12th inst., at St.. Luke's, Chelsfm, Mr. Jonathan Soot lick, of Chelsea, to Ann, eldest daughter of F. Butler, Esq., of the same parish. On the 12th inst., at Si. Mary Abchurch, Mr. Arthur Jeffery Itudge, of Nelson-square,lackft.tars, and St. Martins-le-Grand, t-) Mary Ann, eldest daughter of .1. Wholey, Esq , of Lawrence I'ountnry lane. DIED. On the 12th inst., Anne Mary, wife of Hercules Sharp,- Eag., of Oaklands, Sussex, and eldest daughter of the late Sir Anthony Fratazon, Bart., and sister to Sir W. J. Brabazon, Bart. d M.P. On the I"th inst., at the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Old Broad street, City, Maria, wife of Mr. C. Bros, aged 29. On the 121 h inst., at St. Leo nar d' s, H astings, aged 15, Sol:na, fourth daughter of the [lon. C. E. Laty, M.P. On the Ist ult., at Boteau, in the Island of Dominica, aged 18, Henry Savage Elwin, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas llei.ry Elwin, of East. Barnet, Herts. On the 11 th inst., at Greenock, Mrs. Clementson, fcrmerly of 0 st r(• et. On the 11th inst., in Blandrord-street, Portman-square, Sophia Amelia, wife of P. 11. Lewis, Esq., of her .Majesty's Office of Ord nance, Tower. On o.:e 12th inst., age:l 56, Mary, wife of John er, of the Minories. On the 12th inst., Rebecca, scconldaughter of Mr. Bellringer, of the Strand. Ott the 13th inst., at Eltham, Kent, Robert, son of J. Turner, of Leadenhall street, aged 2t. • cry:o.l _ tinted and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No IP?, Strand, at The Sun Oaice, No, 112, Strand, in the count of aliddesex.. Monday, July 15, 1838. /f